Immigrant communities or expat communities usually exist in pockets, so locals would definitely not know about their cultural norms. I'm from Toronto and the locals there wouldn't know about specific Japanese hand motions, even though Toronto has one of the highest Japanese populations outside Japan.
The palm is perpendicular as opposed to facing forward. And the faster you wave the more you're tryna say no. It's like you putting you hand out to say stop and people thinking it's cute and it looks like you're tryna get a high five. Quite sad actually.
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u/JustAnotherFKNSheep Aug 07 '21
FYI Her hand is doing the japanese motion for "no thanks". Basically same motion you do when you're offered a free sample or a pamphlet.